-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VTyUVsk8s3zqqTsjwvOEfE9/i97Hh2Z7sBeWvBHQLKgBCulFvtBNj+U+6archWtU alEVJT8/qVJI73LNJUd7aQ== 0000083246-10-000010.txt : 20100413 0000083246-10-000010.hdr.sgml : 20100413 20100413153330 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000083246-10-000010 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100405 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100413 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100413 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BURAK JANET L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001286092 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07436 FILM NUMBER: 10747147 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 452 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: 7TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HSBC USA INC /MD/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000083246 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 132764867 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 452 FIFTH AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125253735 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 452 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 4 1 form4_ex.xml X0303 4 2010-04-05 1 0000083246 HSBC USA INC /MD/ HBA 0001286092 BURAK JANET L 452 FIFTH AVE 7TH FL NEW YORK NY 10018 0 1 0 0 Sr. Ex. VP & General Counsel No longer an officer of HSBC USA Inc. /s/ Mick Forde, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel-Corporate & Asst. Secy of HSBC USA Inc. and Attorney-In-Fact for Janet L. Burak 2010-04-13 EX-24 2 burak_poa.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Executive Officer of HSBC USA Inc. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints each of the persons holding the position of Secretary, Corporate Secretary, Assistant Corporate Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company from time to time, acting singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

execute and file Form ID for the purpose of obtaining EDGAR access codes on behalf of the undersigned;

(2)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any successor forms thereto, (each, a "Form" and collectively, the "Forms") in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such Form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or market or similar authority; and

(4)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-facts discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities and derivative securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and it supersedes any Power of Attorney previously executed by the undersigned with respect to the filing of Forms required by Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5th day of April, 2004.

/s/ Janet L. Burak

Signature

 

Janet L. Burak

Printed Name and Title

 

 

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